Lovelace Cottages

Analysis

Lovelace Cottages is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lovelace Cottages reported income of £12k and spending of £3,170, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,771 to £12k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lovelace Cottages sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charities of Eliza Dreyer for Homes for Poor Widows and Spinsters (£12k), The Tudor Campion Fund (£12k) and Guildford Cathedral Music Development Foundation (£12k).